Tuesday Times

The Tuesday Times—September 6, 2016

Sports Research and the Rio Paralympic Games

The 2016 Paralympic Games begin in Rio on September 7th. Beth Juhl’s latest Database News blog post at 365 McIlroy reminds us that the Libraries offer a number of resources to explore competitive sports, adaptive technology and sports, the history of the Paralympic games, and more.

ScholarWorks@UARK Overview

Melody Herr and Cedar Middleton will provide an overview of ScholarWorks for all Libraries’ personnel on Thursday, 9/8 at 2pm in MULN 102. This is a repeat of last week’s overview, which was attended by several Libraries’ personnel. If you are interested in what the staff of ScholarWorks have done and are planning, then this is the meeting for you.

Three Weird Questions with Shana Zarnowski

Shana Zarnowski is the User Services Evening Technician in Circulation, which she explains means she will be checking items out, answering questions, working on TRAIL, closing and anything else that comes up. Shana is a recent transplant

Shana Zarnowski

to Fayetteville after spending most of her life in northern New Hampshire where she worked at a small public library. She says, “I am excited to be in an area that has similar mountains and forests but also much shorter winters.” It appears that a judgment on winter’s length may be based on one’s perspective. Three weird questions: 1) If you could have chosen the era in which you were born, which would you choose and why? A:  I would chose the one that I got because I really enjoying being able to wear pants. 2) What book are you currently reading? A: I have a bit of a reading problem, right now I’m working my way through Sally Heathcote: Suffragette by Mary Talbot, Midnight in Broad Daylight: A Japanese American Family Caught Between Two Worlds by Pamela Sakamoto, and This Song Changed My Life by Bob Boilen. 3) What’s the longest book you’ve ever read? A: Camilla by Frances Burney.

Reminders and Such:

• Know & Go Webinar: How Springshare Puts UX Into Customer Service is on Monday, 9/19 from 1:30pm-2:30pm in MULN 302B. This webinar will benefit anyone who performs customer service in Libraries (yes, that means you), providing techniques and sharing successful outcomes.
• Please remember to COPY the person or people who are serving as your back-ups in your out-of-office emails to me. It provides not only an excellent last minute confirmation for you, but is also a handy way for me to procure the contact info that I add to each entry. Thank you!

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